White House Council on Women and Girls Announcement

I am writing to share some exciting news. Please join me in welcoming Avra Siegel, the new Deputy Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls. Avra comes to us from the National Economic Council here at the White House, where she led the women and family economic security portfolio. Prior to joining the Administration she worked as an advance person on the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Throughout the course of personal and professional life Avra has been a tireless advocate for women and girls, from laying the foundation for a Women's Commission in Allegheny County, PA to organizing collaboration roundtables for women leaders in New York State, these issues have always been front and center in everything she does. Avra received an M.P.A. with a concentration in Policy Analysis from the Wagner School of Public Service at NYU and graduated from the University of Michigan where she was an Angell Scholar with a B.A. in American Culture.

We are very happy to have Avra join our team and look forward to having her leadership on these critical issues.